Nov 23, 2023·3 repliesWhat do yall thinks Mike's best verse is?
Nov 23, 2023·1 replyJ__What do yall thinks Mike's best verse is?
idk about best but Eczema legit floored me the first time I heard it and every single time since
Nov 23, 2023blackefronidk about best but Eczema legit floored me the first time I heard it and every single time since
He was saying some s*** on weary love too
- Nov 23, 2023J__
What do yall thinks Mike's best verse is?
Everything he was saying on gods with me off his by the water ep
Nov 23, 2023J__What do yall thinks Mike's best verse is?
Fortune teller imo raps wise
emotionally theres way too f***ing many man idk
Nov 23, 2023
babylon shermWell we can approach that idea from a couple angles
As a conceptual exercise, this is a journey of personal development wrapped inside of a fake movie inside of a Low End Theory-style guided audio museum tour. We move from the abstract to the personal very quickly in this album and that is a testament to MIKE knowing how much artifice is enough vs. too much
Sound-wise, production-wise, MIKE’s never sounded fuller. This melds the professional sheen of Beware of the Monkey with the purposefully sluggish and introspective beat style that got him shine in the first place seamlessly and expands his horizons in every direction. A classic MIKE song sounds like you’re walking somewhere uphill in the snow both ways, but like a lot of others have noted he’s much less lugubrious in sound and lyrical content these days, and allowing more moods into his sound palate brings a variety that still seems cohesive. Plus dude doing so much here, you’re getting songs that start like a classic Slums-type beat and segue into Madlib/Dilla shifting tempo experiments. You’ve got a sunny, Alchemist-esque synth loop that Larry June floats over melting into a Radiohead song. You get some f***in hard-ass loops, you get sound collage, you get some s*** that sounds like Clams Casino would sample it to make a beat
Lyrically I feel like he’s barring the f*** out (first and foremost) and operating at his highest level of writing while simultaneously being the most accessible he’s ever been. You can become a MIKE fan from this album if you’ve never heard him or any of the s*** he influenced before. I don’t think that’s super easy to do. MIKE is really giving Earl a run for that poet laureate of rap title on this one
thanks for the thoughtful response. i can see where you're coming from
Nov 27, 2023El Cousteau just posted the Burning Desire Vinyl on his story gatefold looks Cleeeeaaaan gotta have it
- Nov 28, 2023
10k Holiday Party 👀
Nov 29, 2023revisited Burning Desire and yea this s*** fire. was never the biggest Mike fan and his albums never connected with me but this one HIT. might have to go back and relisten to his other ones with new ears
Nov 29, 2023vinyl out on 10k.global
Nov 29, 2023·1 replyIdk if I said this already but Pacific Yew would be a nice addition to the roster
He plays instruments, produces, sings (kinda) and just started rapping. His music has a very warm, watery psychedelic tone to it
Nov 30, 2023·1 reply
Nov 30, 2023Man f*** Rolling Stone too
Dec 1, 2023!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6O6trYIPWAICEMAN KIRone of the better beats from this yr
- Dec 1, 2023
This is the first year I can remember that I bumped MIKE heavily in the whip
please ignore the Tecca
Dec 1, 2023·2 repliesBoy this MIKE album been hitting recently
Dec 2, 2023Set the Mood is f***ing amazing
- Dec 2, 2023YoungNastyShawty
Boy this MIKE album been hitting recently
right?!
Dec 3, 2023IM BURNINGGGG
Dec 3, 2023YoungNastyShawtyBoy this MIKE album been hitting recently
- Dec 5, 2023
The disrespect is off the charts man
Dec 8, 2023·1 replyAkai Solo album out @op
akaisolo.bandcamp.com/album/verticality-singularity?from=twittercard
There's another one too but I haven't seen a band camp link
- Dec 9, 2023
Coffee shop just got a stack of Beware the Monkey vinyls
life is good 
Dec 11, 20237el7Akai Solo album out @op
https://akaisolo.bandcamp.com/album/verticality-singularity?from=twittercard
There's another one too but I haven't seen a band camp link
seeing a lot of very positive reception on twitter, haven't yet found a moment to tap in tho
